Obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder appear very similar, but have very different neuropsychological roots. But Prof. Reuven Dar of Tel Aviv University's School of Psychological Sciences argues that these two neuropsychological disorders have very different roots -- and there are enormous consequences if they are mistaken for each other.

A good story can make or break a presentation, article, or conversation. But why is that? When Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich started to market his product through stories instead of benefits and bullet points, sign-ups went through the roof.

By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 12/11/2012 10:38 AM EST on MyHealthNewsDaily Efforts to reduce childhood obesity rates are starting to pay off in some parts of the United States, according to a recent report.

Months after sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) such as a concussion, the changes in a child's brain still persist even if the child is symptom-free, according to a study published online today in The Journal of Neuroscience.

"There is...a growing body of research that technology can be both beneficial and harmful to different ways in which children think. Moreover, this influence isn’t just affecting children on the surface of their thinking. Rather, because their brains are still developing and malleable, frequent exposure by so-called digital natives to technology is actually wiring the brain in ways very different than in previous generations.."

WeAreTeachers, an educational resource website, have released the results of a survey of 309 K–12 classroom teachers from public, private and religious schools across the country about their views on game based learning. We thought the results were very interesting, especially the statement ’81% of teachers feel students are more engaged when they are playing games’.

Teen Marijuana Use Shows No Effect On Brain Tissue, Unlike Alcohol, Study Finds Huffington Post A teen who consumes alcohol is likely to have reduced brain tissue health, but a teen who uses marijuana is not, according to a new study.

Written by Liza Long, republished from The Blue Review Friday’s horrific national tragedy -- the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut -- has ignited a new discussion on violence in...

Lon Woodbury's insight:

This is one of the best perspectives on what parents of children with problems are going through. Amajor problem in the US is for when a tragedy occurs, to blame the parents instead of understanding they need help. -Lon

"Despite recent strides in 'sex addiction' research, the condition does not make the cut as an official psychiatric disorder, according to the American Psychiatric Association."

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Curator comment: On reflection the decision by the APA to exclude "hypersexuality disorder" (not "sex addiction") from even the provisional section of the DSM is not surprising given the relative lack of controlled studies to adequately account for the onset, prevalence, and severity of this deceptively complex behavioral phenomenon. The many structural, philosophical and cultural factors that are amply reflected on this site are not easily reduced to a set of universally applicable diagnostic criteria residing specifically within an individual. The attempt to isolate pathological contexts within the narrow dimensions of the medical model is a grave error that already indicts many existing psychiatric diagnoses. By this measure the APA may have done this field a favor, although their total disavowal of further consideration is hard to understand. Judging by many of the comments that are being posted on various health-related discussion groups there are a lot of people scratching their heads over this decision.

Author: Rachael Rettner

Source: LiveScience, "the trusted and provocative source for highly accessible science, health and technology news for people who are curious about their minds, bodies, and the world around them."

As more new changes emerge to psychiatry’s official diagnostic manual it becomes even clearer that the DSM-5 from the American Psychiatric Association could accelerate the trend toward medicating children, rather than trying to understand...

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